"I'm definitely more educated than you." Gratia was immediately dissatisfied. "You've only read a few years!"

"What about Bibi?"

"Oh, you think you can challenge me?"

"Okay," Ye Xiao cleared his throat, "You have a charming figure leaning against the spring breeze, and your skin is fragrant and easy to melt. It's your turn."

Although I don’t know what level of alien poetry the system will translate this sentence into, it shouldn’t be bad at all.

"...Go to hell, I can tell from the moment I heard it that you copied it from your hometown!" Gretia stretched out her little hand and pinched Ye Xiao's waist.

"Ah, how can you fight like this when you can't win..."

He didn't know if it was Ye Xiao's illusion, but he always felt that the quality of this little maid seemed to have declined after being with him.

It's really strange. I'm obviously not a person without quality. Look at how elegant Elalu is.

The two of them chatted casually as they came to the Five Fingers Bar. When they opened the door, they were greeted by a familiar, dim light and a slightly pungent smell of alcohol.

Ye Xiao walked to the front desk and, as usual, placed two silver coins on the bar and knocked on the edge of the table three times. "Would you like... uh... roasted taro?"

If he remembered correctly, this should be the secret code left for him by Atolina, the head of the intelligence organization "Finger Losers" whom he met last time.

"You ordered roasted taro in the tavern?" The little maid beside him looked puzzled.

"Don't worry about it." Ye Xiao yelled.

That being said, the bartender at the front desk, who was wiping the cups with a cloth in his arms as thick as a mallet, looked at Ye Xiao as if he was a fool, "...boy, come here and order some roasted taro, are you looking for trouble?"

"No... tnnd, isn't it roasted taro?" Ye Xiao looked around. There was no reason for him to remember it wrong. However, several big men had already stood up from the wine table and surrounded the front desk with unfriendly faces. This made him curse again, "What a rip-off!"

"Brothers, here are guests, guests." Just at this moment, a voice with a slightly lazy and mature charm sounded in my ears.

Ye Xiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in a crimson coat leaning against the other side of the bar. She was holding a brass hookah between her fingers and waving at Ye Xiao, as if she had been standing there waiting for a long time.

Atolina uttered a faint sigh from afar, "What's the matter this time, little brother?"

Seeing that their big sister seemed to know them, the strong men who were ready to fight returned to their seats in frustration.

"The code you left is too unreliable." Ye Xiao's mouth twitched, and he slapped away the eye circles that flew over his face. "You want me to use it to call for my fist, right?"

"I said that was the code for next week." Atolina chuckled. "It's not next week yet, so you read it wrong again."

"...Okay." Ye Xiao frowned slightly, it seemed that it was true, but this guy didn't give him a secret code for this week, wasn't this still a trap for him?

"Why did you bring a cute little maid with you this time, little brother?" Atolina looked at Gratia with interest. "It seems that he is indeed a child from a rich family."

"You're jealous, right?" Ye Xiao pointed at Gretia with his thumb. "If you want, I'll give it to you. You can pay for the packing yourself."

"Pfft." Atolina chuckled.

"Ah!..." At the same time, Ye Xiao gently slapped away the hand that was pinching her waist, "Well, let's get down to business, beautiful lady. I'm planning to go to Storm Harbor, so I want to know your contact information in that area."

Atolina gently waved her pipe, and a wisp of green smoke formed a palm shape and floated through the air. She grabbed a bottle of wine from the display shelf behind the bartender and swayed it to Ye Xiao.

"promise."

"So straightforward?" Ye Xiao was a little surprised.

"How can we refuse a customer who wants our contact information?" Atolina smiled. "But if you feel guilty about it, you can help us with a task."

"Why don't you just tell me you want me to do something?" Ye Xiao pouted and pulled the cork off the bottle. "If I don't help, I'll definitely give you the wrong signal."

"Don't think too badly of me, I just did it for the sake of convenience." Atolina waved her pipe again, and this time the hand that turned into smoke grabbed a scroll. "It doesn't matter if you don't want to."

Ye Xiao took a glance and saw a little brown-haired girl wearing a burgundy dress.

Hiss...it's not such a coincidence...

Although Ye Xiao tried hard to find differences in the portrait, he had to admit that this was the child who had sold him flowers just now.

"Well, I don't have time to be a babysitter." Ye Xiao rolled up the scroll decisively. As long as he didn't read it, there would be no unnecessary trouble.

"Babysitter?" Atolina pretended to be surprised, with a hint of cunning in her deep purple pupils, "Little brother, have you made a mistake? We only accept murder missions."

"..."

Ye Xiao was silent for a while.

"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't accept it," Atolina smiled, summoned the smoke and gently picked up the scroll from the table, "My sister just said it, it's just a convenience."

The smoke carried the scroll slowly away from the table, and when it was about to fly back, it was grabbed by Ye Xiao's big hand.

Looking at the raised corner of Atolina's mouth, Ye Xiao knew that he had been tricked by this guy.

"Tsk, and you said you are not a good person." Even the silly maid beside her did not forget to mock her.

"You owe me a favor." Ye Xiao said viciously.

Artolina threw a wink and said, "Once you're done, it's up to you."

Chapter 72 Cerberus

Ye Xiao left the Five Fingers Bar with an unhappy look on his face.

What that bad woman Atolina meant was actually very clear. Someone wanted to kill the girl in the portrait, but perhaps because of Atolina's position or God knows what other reasons, it was not convenient for her to protect the girl.

So she directly put the blame on Ye Xiao, because she judged that Ye Xiao was the kind of person who would take the initiative to save a little girl if he knew she was going to be killed. Similarly, she also knew that Ye Xiao had the ability to do so.

Ye Xiao naturally saw through Atolina's undisguised intentions at a glance.

So he was very upset, because he really couldn't convince himself to just do nothing and let a little girl be killed.

Even though Atolina promised that she would owe Ye Xiao a favor if he did her a favor, the feeling of being openly plotted against was very unpleasant.

The damned little maid even covered her mouth and laughed beside him, "Good man, hehe, good man."

Ye Xiao couldn't stand it any longer, so he put the scroll inside his clothes, and pinched Gretia's cheek, "Okay, okay, stop screaming."

"Hmm!" Gratia immediately grabbed Ye Xiao's finger and bit it lightly.

"Ouch..." Ye Xiao reflexively pulled back his hand and shouted at the same time, but it seemed that it didn't hurt much.

"Don't touch my face." said the little maid angrily.

Ye Xiao felt it was a little funny for some reason, "Then where can I touch?"

"Hmm..." Gratia tilted her head back slightly and thought for a moment, "It's okay to pat my head."

"You are really thinking about your answer seriously." Ye Xiao was surprised, and then he tentatively put his hand on Gratia's pink and white hair and rubbed it. The soft and furry touch was quite comfortable. "But is it really okay?"

Gratia squinted her eyes, like a cat in a comfortable state.

But this state only lasted for three seconds. Three seconds later, she immediately grabbed Ye Xiao's hand and bit it, "What are you thinking about? Of course not!"

"Ah!" Ye Xiao didn't understand why he was bitten, "You don't keep your word!"

"Who told you to believe the devil's words?" Gratia crossed her arms.

"Okay, my question." Ye Xiao shrugged, and then his eyes scanned the street again, "Are we just going to look for that little girl like this? Do you have some ancient and awesome magic that can help find her?"

"What is 'awesome magic'?" Gratia frowned. "I'm not a prophecy mage, so I don't have such a convenient search magic... But I can ask my men to help look for it."

"Your men? Those little demons?"

"Yes... Oh, no, they are Lord Mammon's men. I just want to ask them for help." Grettia seemed to remember something, and after making a meaningless comment, she pulled Ye Xiao into an alley.

Then she opened her hands, ready to begin summoning in the shadows of the alley.

"The summoning is so casual. I see other sorcerers have to recite a long string of spells." Ye Xiao deliberately teased.

"You're so annoying." Gretia curled her lips and mumbled a few self-made spells to Ye Xiao, then she casually started summoning.

This guy is still so persistent. Ye Xiao laughed secretly in his heart.

But it is also understandable. If she admitted that she was the devil himself, then she would have no dignity in front of Ye Xiao. Calling herself a subordinate was her last bit of stubbornness.

A hound with three heads and dark red skin poked its head out from the shadows. All three heads had ferocious faces and vicious eyes, and liquid like molten lava was dripping from their jagged and sharp fangs.

"Oh my, this is actually your responsibility." Ye Xiao exclaimed in amazement.

Although it was much smaller in size, he had seen murals of the three-headed dog of hell in this world in some ruins that depicted the myths of hell in his previous life. It was a huge monster guarding a huge gate.

"Why, have you seen it?" Gratia waved her hand, and the three-headed dog, which had a ferocious look just now, immediately sat on the ground obediently, sticking out its tongue as if waiting for its master to feed it. "Don't worry, this is just a projection. I am too divine to come to the real world."

"I've seen the mural of that look in the last second, but I've never seen the image of a three-headed pug like this before." Ye Xiao complained.

"Boy, watch your words." One of the three-headed dog suddenly stared at Ye Xiao and spoke viciously.

"Fuck." Ye Xiao was shocked, "It can actually talk."

Gratia glanced at Ye Xiao with a look of scrutiny and stretched out her hand, "Show it the scroll."

Ye Xiao took out the scroll from his arms and handed it to Gratia, "Will these three heads fight? I mean, what will happen if head number one disagrees with head number two?"

"How dare you! We are of one mind. How can we have such a stupid argument?" The hellhound's voice sounded like a male host with a bass microphone on.

"To be honest, I think you are the most handsome among the three heads." Ye Xiao pointed at the head in the middle of the three-headed dog and said, "You are so majestic and cool."

"You have some sense." "Boy, what do you mean, I'm not handsome enough?" "Nonsense, boy, I advise you to reconsider your words." "There is no need to rank between us." "Nonsense, you are not the one being belittled." "Woof! How can it compare to my majesty!" "Woof!" "What's your name!" "Woof woof!" "It just so happens that I've been annoyed with you for a long time, woof!" "Woof woof woof!"

Looking at the three hellhounds fighting each other, Gratia really wanted to kick Ye Xiao. She felt that this guy was the real dog.

Then, Gratia's face was gloomy and she whispered, "Be quiet."

The three-headed dog immediately resumed its obedient standing posture like a pug, except that a few strands of dark red dog hair appeared in the air, flying like catkins.

Gratia unfolded the scroll in front of the three-headed dog and said, "Do you see the person in the portrait? Find her for me."

"Owner……"

"Why, you don't understand?"

"Ming...understand!"

"Then go quickly."

"But..." the three-headed dog said weakly, "If we track them based on the scent, it's fine. But if we track them based on the portrait..."

"Our eyesight isn't very good..." the other head added weakly.

Indeed, what the three-headed dog said was right. It seems that dogs are born with myopia.

Although he understood this truth, Ye Xiao didn't know why he suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"Ha!" The laughter came so fiercely that he quickly covered his mouth but almost failed to block the sound twitching from his throat.

The look in the little maid's eyes turned towards her was so stern that it was almost murderous.

"I...we can take the scroll to the Dark Owl, they have good eyesight!" Fortunately, a dog head found a way to rescue the situation in time, otherwise Ye Xiao really couldn't be sure whether there would be dog meat as a snack tonight given Grettia's temper.

"Then go quickly." The little maid almost gritted her teeth. Although it was not difficult to tell that she was very angry, her cute face still looked a little silly.

No wonder she had to wear a mask before, this girl is so adorable hahaha. Ye Xiao laughed in his heart in a very uncultured way.

Chapter 73 The Unlucky Guy

Ye Xiao had no idea what the "Dark Owl" looked like. He and Gretia were just strolling around the street. Soon, he heard the little maid say that the girl had been found.

Following the direction pointed by the little maid, the two turned a few streets and soon saw the entrance of a restaurant. A little girl was carrying a basket of colorful flowers and selling them to passers-by.

The basket was full of flowers, similar to what Ye Xiao saw when he first met the little girl. It seemed that she had not been able to sell many flowers during this period.

But... now that I have found it, what should I do next?

Atolina didn't say when and how many people would take action, so Ye Xiao could only lean against the wall and watch the little girl selling flowers silently.

Ye Xiao didn't move, so Gratia naturally stood aside to bask in the sun, yawning lazily.

In the middle of the street, a small river formed by a tributary of the Lanlong River runs through a brown stone bridge. The clear water reflects the street scene like an oil painting. The riverside is covered with golden sycamore leaves. Pedestrians in luxurious clothes are walking in an endless stream under the colorful painted signs of various shops. Only a girl in a burgundy dress is walking alone among them.

The little girl was holding the flowers and asking passers-by one by one, which was naturally not very efficient. A businessman who looked hurried was pulled by the corner of his clothes by the girl, and he impatiently slapped her hand away, accidentally knocking over the flower basket.

A basket of flowers was scattered all over the ground. The little girl squatted down and picked up the flowers from under the feet of passers-by, but some bright flowers were trampled into mud.

"Why aren't you going to help?" Gretia chuckled and looked at Ye Xiao.

"What can I help with? There are so many people suffering in the world. How can I help here and there..." Before Ye Xiao finished her words, a big and sturdy dog ​​on the side of the road saw the little girl squatting, spread its limbs and rushed over.

The dog's fur was sleek and shiny, and the leather collar on its neck showed that it was not an ownerless stray dog, but it was still able to unleash its wildness without restraint, and it immediately knocked the girl who was picking flowers to the ground.

The little girl looked at the vicious dog with horror as it opened its mouth drooling with anticipation. The next second, a pair of travel boots appeared under the dog's belly and gave the big dog a solid kick that sent it flying into the sky.

There was a crisp sound of "splash" as the dog fell into the water. The dog wailed as it spun around in the clear river water, drifting farther and farther away.

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